The urban space can be understood as a mosaic of dialectical relations between society and
space over time, in other words, the city can be incorporated as a set of human and historical
relations in space. Among them, it is mentioned the formation of differentiated and
contradictory areas driven by the current capitalist system. An example of this is the dynamics
of cities in underdeveloped countries that presented accelerated urbanization and because of
this brought several problems that extend to the present day, among them is the
peripheralization that is marked by the unequal production of urban space that is configured in
relations between center and periphery. The central areas are highlighted for their visibility
and concentration of resources and capital, so investments and the presence of the State
becomes more effective, unlike what happens in the urban peripheries of the capital of Pará,
which were produced by low-income groups that were segregated from the city center.
Therefore, these spaces started to be self-built and occupied in an accelerated and unplanned
way by the State. On the outskirts, as is the case of the Terra Firme neighborhood, the public
power is inefficient with regard to its territorial actions, so these spaces become conditions for
new territorialities that seek to establish their power relations, as in the case of drug
trafficking and militias and often generate tensions and as a result violence is present in these
locations. The objective of this research is to understand the dynamics of homicides between
the years 2011 to 2019, and its relationship with the precarious areas of Terra Firme district,
as well as with the territorial actors involved with their territorialities. The method adopted
was the historical and dialectical materialist, which allowed a discussion on socio-spatial
analyzes and power relations in the territory. We used thematic cartography geoprocessing
tools such as Quantum Gis, linking homicide data from the SIAC, to IBGE data and its social
indicators. This dissertation is divided into four essential chapters, the first is consistent with a
methodological approach to the research, the second the theoretical discussion, the third the
characterizations and peripheralization of the neighborhood of Terra Firme and the last
chapter corresponds to the analysis of homicides and agents that manifest themselves from the
power gaps left by the State.
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